Remember, gentlemen, what I have told you.
She was penniless and friendless.

Her child was ill and she had no means to procure medical aid.

Her appeal for charity had been rejected, and can we blame her if she yielded to the tempter and took the money lying before her?
We cannot.

Look not on the act, gaze only on the provocation.

If in hearts there dwells a shade of pity, an acme of sympathy, you cannot return a verdict of guilty.